Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On economic development , we have failed to pursue the policies of partnership between Government and industry which are commonplace elsewhere in Europe and which involve not only management but trade unions and workers ' representatives in a much more positive way than anything that has happened under this Government . |
| 2 | Okay so it covers not only illness , but also accident as well . |
| 3 | It has been argued that it covers not only fairness , in the sense of fairness to the accused , but also in the sense of ensuring that , in the eyes of the public , the highest standards of justice are upheld and it appears to the world at large that the accused is getting a fair trial . |
| 4 | Section 8(1) covers not only force but the threat of force . |
| 5 | Efficiency incorporates not only quantity and quality of achievement but also preservation of his own safety and health and that of others who might be involved as working partners , passengers or the general public in the neighbourhood . |
| 6 | Under this head is included not only information on informal social ties and organization , but also the fields of study generally described as ‘ the ethnography of speaking ’ ( Saville-Troike 1982 ) and ‘ interactional sociolinguistics ’ ( Gumperz 1982 ; see further 8.4.1 ) . |
| 7 | Thus since the Act of 1986 came into force local authorities such as this council are obliged to secure not merely accommodation , but suitable accommodation . |
| 8 | ‘ Journey of the Magi ’ , written in 1927 , contains not only material quoted in Eliot 's 1926 survey , ‘ Lancelot Andrewes ’ , and recollections from Eliot 's own life ( some of which he catalogued when reminiscing in The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism ) . |
| 9 | The plan worked because in this new environment the young Prince found not only friendship but also the stimulus of intellectual competition . |
| 10 | This scheme was set up to provide not only relief for carers but also stimulation and companionship for sufferers who live alone . |
| 11 | There is an urgent need for the NHS Review to focus on the development of training at all levels to ensure that properly qualified , trained staff are available to provide not only hospital care , but support and rehabilitative care for increased numbers of patients . |
| 12 | The draftsman should consider not only window glass , but also window frames , window sills , mastic joints , soffits . |
| 13 | A policy which will consider not only air pollution , but problems such as energy efficiency , safety , noise , the implication of different systems of transport on cities and the countryside and ultimately society at large , to establish which are the most environmentally sound and economically efficient methods of moving from A to B for the sake of both humans and the planet . |
| 14 | Does the Secretary of State agree that , to obtain a balanced view , we must consider not only unemployment but employment and self-employment , which grew steadily during the 1980s under the Government and is set to grow further in the 1990s under the same Government ? |
| 15 | Here for once a rural industry had been set up regardless of the availability of local labour or any need to create employment ; at first people in the Weald lacked not merely skill but also , it would seem , sufficient incentive . |
| 16 | It became the local community creative scene encompassing not only music , but mime , drama , poetry reading and in fact , an outlet for local cottage industry . |
| 17 | Elsewhere I have argued that the whole fabric of a primary school curriculum in a socialist state like Tanzania will differ from that in a capitalist state like Kenya , for the different philosophies will affect not only selection of syllabus content but also languages of instruction , policy towards competition and examinations , links between school and community and above all the attitudes which teachers foster in the learners . |
| 18 | It also has serious implications for the professional health of the Authority and its schools , since the belief that getting on is merely a matter of saying and doing what significant others wish to hear and see produces not just disaffection and cynicism but also unthinking conformity and the loss of The professional analysis and debate which are essential to educational progress . |
| 19 | This has been used in space and conveniently produces not only electricity but also water . |
| 20 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 21 | Mr Robertson said there were ‘ serious questions of substance ’ arising from Mr Hurd 's statement , which concerned not just amendment 27 , but the treaty itself . |
| 22 | ‘ She said immigration was an issue which ought to be raised because it was going to affect not only employment and social service benefits , but also cause homelessness . |
| 23 | The incidence and patterning of illness among members of a family is interlocked with the emotional interior of the family : thus another logical corollary of women 's pivotal position in this unit is their capacity to affect not only health , but ill-health . |
| 24 | The fact that the average adult spends a minimum of 26 hours sitting in front of a television set in any one week represents not only time lost in sharing activities with their children and young people , but time lost in influencing and controlling them . |
| 25 | network membership supplies not only information , but also the tacit skills which enable individuals to become competent and accepted members of occupational groups . |
| 26 | I share the desire of my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich ( Mrs. Dunwoody ) in wanting to see not just passenger traffic but freight able to make a direct contact with the channel tunnel from all parts of the country , especially the north and the north-west . |
| 27 | In other words , mistakes must be based on reasonable grounds where the offences are serious — which would cover not only rape but also cases involving a risk of death or serious injury , such as the use of force in self-defence . |
| 28 | Cells can influence not only integrin expression but under specific circumstances may ‘ activate ’ previously inactive integrins by exposing the ligand binding region through a molecular switch mechanism associated with a conformational change in the integrin molecule itself . |
| 29 | As a result , customers are demanding not just expertise on information systems , but also effective project management and implementation skills , industry sector knowledge and suitable support services . |
| 30 | So for this year I made the computerisation funds part of the wider fund available to FHSAs to support not merely computerisation but the extension of ancillary staff in general practice and the development of new accommodation facilities for primary health care . |